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‘Health care focused on you,’ is what you’ll find at LilyCare, a new West Fargo-based health care clinic that opened to patients June 2, at 550 13th Ave. E. in the former Dakota-Heartland building. Family practice physician Tracie Mallberg established the private corporation facility that focuses on full-service care for the entire family with emphasis [...]

Jason Jungwirth recently helped lift 50 cases of beer from a delivery truck at the family’s liquor store in Oshkosh.
It was all in a day’s work for the 38-year-old Jungwith, who is the third generation of Jungwirths to operate the family owned business — Jordy’s Beverage Mart — at the corner of West Ninth Avenue [...]

Only a third of family-owned businesses make it to the second generation. Some local entrepreneurs have taken steps to make sure their families — and their businesses — survive and thrive.
When Christopher Schneeman graduated from college, he was determined not to follow his father and grandfather into the family business of selling property and casualty [...]

Open communication and the ability to separate the different expectations of home and work are the keys to a successful father-child business relationship, experts say.
There are few neutral opinions when it comes to the father-child dynamic in family-owned businesses, said Wayne Rivers, the president of the Family Business Institute in Raleigh.
“That’s why the lows can [...]

City of Greater Sudbury officials were understandably enthused Monday to herald the arrival of five new family physicians to the community.
With at least 30,000 residents without a family doctor these days, there is a shortage of about two-dozen physicians in the city. So the five recruits unveiled Monday represent “a significant development,” Mayor John Rodriguez [...]

Shouts of “That’s my boy” could be heard from mothers as their sons shook hands with chancellor Roberta Bondar at Trent University’s convocation ceremony yesterday
But for 80-year-old graduate Carl Wienecke, the cheers were “That’s my dad.”
Wienecke, a Tweed resident, began his studies at the Oshawa campus at the age of 65 after a 25-year career [...]

For the Fucigna family of Hopkinton, skiing is truly a family affair.
The parents started skiing for recreational purposes in the mountains of New Hampshire. Then along came daughters, Alex, Sarah, Erin and Abby, and their son, Peter, who were all introduced to the sport.
The daughters all become competitive skiers and Peter plans to follow in [...]

As the presidential campaign debate over health care intensified, I heard from seven different friends with the same problem: They had loved ones who had recently moved and, like many others across the U.S., could not find a primary care doctor. Three were in Washington where, according to 2006 data from the Department of Health, [...]

Children who lose a parent suddenly may suffer a “double whammy” to their mental and physical health – from the shock of the loss and because of inherited risks, researchers have reported.
They said the risk factors that contribute to many early deaths of parents – such as mental illness or alcoholism – can be passed [...]

Holidaymakers at one of the country’s busiest resorts say it is so filthy and unsafe it should be shut down.
Waingaro Hot Springs, west of Ngaruawahia, has previously been criticised by the coroner and water safety experts after a child drowned there.
Now there are fresh calls for the Waikato District Council which owns the lease of [...]